ROTORUA, New Zealand -- The Maori, a Polynesian people who were the first humans to live in New Zealand, are today more numerous around Rotorua than elsewhere in the country. As a result, a chance ...

The effect of these statements is compounded by the widespread Maori belief that women have an inimical influence in relation to matters of sacred significance. The meanings and usage of the term ...

Her brand, Wahine Toa, means “brave woman” or “woman warrior” among New Zealand’s Maori people. Her Polynesian-styled designs are often named after animals and plants, including hihimanu (manta ray), ...

Told from the perspectives of nine female filmmakers, “Waru” is the first feature film from New Zealand to be made by Maori women since Mereta Mita’s “Mauri,” almost 30 years ago. It ...

It was created specifically to reflect the side’s glorious sporting history by Derek Lardelli, an expert in Maori culture from the Ngati Porou tribe.

Hussey and Sektor told students the Maori people are more than 1,000 years old. "The Maori were a race of great and powerful warriors," Sektor said.

What's the proper reaction when a tattooed, spear-carrying warrior bounds out of a house, shouts something in Maori at you, makes menacing faces and throws a leaf at your feet?

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French parliament is set to approve on Tuesday the restitution of tattooed, mummified heads of Maori warriors to New Zealand, centuries after they were brought to Europe and displayed as exotic ...

Told from the perspectives of nine female filmmakers, “Waru” is the first feature film from New Zealand to be made by Maori women since Mereta Mita’s “Mauri,” almost 30 years ago. It ...